Mabel Rehnfeldt

From WikiLeaks

In 1994, Rehnfeldt became head of the investigative unit of ABC Color and its website, where her primary beat is corruption in the government. In 1989, an unknown man attacked Rehnfeldt after her articles on a corruption scandal within the police department were published. During the 1990’s, Rehnfeldt faced harassment, legal challenges and blackmail. In 1996, while investigating a gasoline smuggling ring outside of Asuncion, Rehnfeldt and her driver were chased by a car carrying three armed men. Pressure on her has increased in recent years. For example, in August 2000, an unknown person jammed and interrupted transmission of Rehnfeldt’s radio broadcast. Over the course of an hour, he broadcast messages threatening to blow up the station and “disappear” Rehnfeldt. On May 12, 2003, unknown individuals attempted to kidnap Rehnfeldt’s 11-year-old daughter on her way home from school with her babysitter. Neighbors reported that the daughter and her babysitter had been followed for two weeks and that three unknown individuals had been watching the house for several days before the attempted kidnapping. This incident closely followed the publication of articles that Rehnfeldt co-authored on a sexual abuse and embezzlement case involving one of Paraguay’s leading bishops.